| sonicfan1373 said: Well I do not think it would be out of the ordinary for 4K support to come at some degree for the PS4 (though I doubt there will be native 4K support). It is important to note that a switch to 4K would cause an icrease in game developement costs and perhaps on game prices (something which occured during the HD switch). Furthermore, high-end graphic cards are only beginning to support 4k (although specialized graphic cards have been supporting it for video playback for a while) and the display technology is still too expensive. So can Sony work 4K into the PS4? I think they can, but it will be all around expensive. Is it worth doing it? No, because it is too early, and I do not think Sony in the state that it is right now should take such a gamble. As far as Nintendo getting criticized for Wii U's ability to do 1080P, I think that people are just skeptical the Wii U is the first system to do HD graphics (something Nintendo did not care to do in the past), and there was a little miscommunication at E3. It appears that Nintendo's own games (like NSMBU and Pikmin 3) were running at 720P, whereas third-party games (like Batman Arkham City and Assassins Creed III) were running in 1080P. |
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Secondly, I doubt many games will run at 4K resolution on the PS4. It'll be a similar situation to PS3's 1080p support where only the simplest games support native 1080p resolution (like Wipeout HD). The 4K support is almost certainly going to be utilised for playback and to help push Sony's own 4K TVs. LG, Samsung and Panasonic are also looking to bring out TVs capable of 4K in the not to distant future and some of Sony's Blu-Ray players already support this. It really is a no brainer for them to put this feature in even if games aren't ready to take advantage of it.
I doubt we'll see too many 1080p (let alone 4K) games next gen as I think they'll just increase the number of effects and physics at 720p to get an impressive looking game.
Lastly, whilst WiiU should be more than capable of running current gen games (like Arkham City and ACIII) at 1080p, we've yet to see evidence of it. The developer comments haven't been 100% in support of 1080p, and Nintendo's own games running at 720p have added to the confusion. I think someone at Nintendo's marketing/PR department needs to look at this and come out with a clear-cut statement to avoid the potential negative publicity from the confusion.
